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Now this is the copy of the letter that the king Artaxerxes gave unto Ezra the priest, the scribe, even a scribe of the words of the commandments of the LORD, and of his statutes to Israel.
And God said unto him in a dream, Yea, I know that thou didst this in the integrity of thy heart; for I also withheld thee from sinning against me: therefore suffered I thee not to touch her.
Jerusalem hath grievously sinned; therefore she is removed: all that honoured her despise her, because they have seen her nakedness: yea, she sigheth, and turneth backward.
Others said, That it is Elias. And others said, That it is a prophet, or as one of the prophets.
We have sinned, and have committed iniquity, and have done wickedly, and have rebelled, even by departing from thy precepts and from thy judgments:
Jesus answered them, Many good works have I shewed you from my Father; for which of those works do ye stone me?
And God Almighty bless thee, and make thee fruitful, and multiply thee, that thou mayest be a multitude of people;
But I will leave a few men of them from the sword, from the famine, and from the pestilence; that they may declare all their abominations among the heathen whither they come; and they shall know that I am the LORD.
He sent darkness, and made it dark; and they rebelled not against his word.
As in water face answereth to face, so the heart of man to man.
And Ephraim said, Yet I am become rich, I have found me out substance: in all my labours they shall find none iniquity in me that were sin.
And the people served the LORD all the days of Joshua, and all the days of the elders that outlived Joshua, who had seen all the great works of the LORD, that he did for Israel.
Lay not wait, O wicked man, against the dwelling of the righteous; spoil not his resting place:
But wild beasts of the desert shall lie there; and their houses shall be full of doleful creatures; and owls shall dwell there, and satyrs shall dance there.
And Mephibosheth had a young son, whose name was Micha. And all that dwelt in the house of Ziba were servants unto Mephibosheth.
And he did that which was right in the sight of the LORD: he did according to all that his father Uzziah had done.
But the hypocrites in heart heap up wrath: they cry not when he bindeth them.
My heart panteth, my strength faileth me: as for the light of mine eyes, it also is gone from me.
And when the children of thy people shall speak unto thee, saying, Wilt thou not shew us what thou meanest by these?
And to him they agreed: and when they had called the apostles, and beaten them, they commanded that they should not speak in the name of Jesus, and let them go.
And, behold, I am with thee, and will keep thee in all places whither thou goest, and will bring thee again into this land; for I will not leave thee, until I have done that which I have spoken to thee of.
Only the people sacrificed in high places, because there was no house built unto the name of the LORD, until those days.
How long shall I bear with this evil congregation, which murmur against me? I have heard the murmurings of the children of Israel, which they murmur against me.
And the children of Israel that were present kept the passover at that time, and the feast of unleavened bread seven days.
